20 h. ago Stock markets plunge after Trump reignites trade war risk with threat of 50% tax on EU goods

US president’s fresh plan wipes billions off shares in UK, US, France, Germany Spain and Italy

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3 d. ago China ‘seriously concerned’ over Trump’s Golden Dome defense system – live

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Trump’s project carries ‘strong offensive implications’ and heightens risks of space militarization and arms raceA small southern California school district must immediately pause its ban on critical race theory (CRT), a California appeals court ruled on Thursday morning.The 4th district court of appeals ruling put a halt to the Temecula Valley unified school district ban until its litigation is settled in the California legal system. The decision is the latest in a long-running legal battle over the CRT ban, which was first adopted as a resolution by the Temecula Valley Board of Education in December 2022 as they attempted to purge elementary school textbooks that reference gay rights icon Harvey Milk. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago China warns Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile shield risks triggering arms race

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has issued a new warning to Donald Trump after he unveiled proposals for a new £400bn 'Golden Dome' missile defence system that would 'defend' the US from space

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4 d. ago Japanese car giant risks Trump's wrath as it hikes prices due to tariffs

The company confirmed the price hikes on Monday. It's the latest automaker to pass along cost increases to consumers.

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5 d. ago Treasury secretary says Walmart's warnings on price increases are a 'worst

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is playing down inflation risks from the Trump administration’s tariffs

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7 d. ago Mike Pence warns of security risk of Trump accepting a plane from nation with powerful Hamas ties

Qatar has a long history of playing both sides, warns former vice president

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7 d. ago Donald Trump risks the wrath of daughter Ivanka and granddaughter Arabella after latest Taylor Swift insult

Donald Trump could be in hot water with his daughter and granddaughter over his continued targeting of Taylor Swift.  

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8 d. ago Trump’s trade war risks US capital flight, warns hedge fund Elliott

Tariff policies could cause ‘enormous’ damage, $73bn firm says in letter to investors

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8 d. ago We are human rights lawyers. Our new report is clear: Israel perpetrates apartheid | Sandra L Babock, Susan M Akram, Thomas Becker and James Cavallaro

We conclude that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, including mass killing, arbitrary detention and torture, meets the legal threshold for the termWe are university professors and human rights advocates who teach and write about Palestine and Israel. We have collectively taught thousands of classes on human rights law, international law and government repression. We have defended death row prisoners in Malawi, documented forced labor in Brazil, helped women seeking gender equality in Burma, chronicled the struggle of the Sahrawi people for self-determination in Western Sahara, and advocated on behalf of families of disappeared immigrants in the United States. As human rights defenders, our job is to expose government abuses of power where we find them. And that includes Israel.It has never been easy for scholars in the United States to publicly criticize Israel. Now, anyone who does so risks professional suicide. The Trump administration deliberately conflates criticism of the gove...

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1 week ago Trump risks driving Europe into China’s embrace. Xi Jinping will be delighted | Orville Schell

As the US descends into chaos, China is pitching itself as the steadier player on the global stage. But Europe should be wary of its advancesHow does Xi Jinping view the circus Donald Trump is ring-mastering in Washington? There is no denying that the new president has created an opportunity for Xi to drive a wedge into the flank of the battered transatlantic alliance. China’s special representative to the EU optimistically described Trump’s treatment of Europeans as so “appalling” that it was likely to make them more willing to recognise Beijing’s approach to “peace, friendship, goodwill and win-win cooperation”.It was only a few months ago that Xi deserved his reputation as the world’s disruptor-in-chief. Beijing was (and still is) encroaching in the South China Sea, stepping up its incursions in Taiwan, and jousting with Japan over claims to the Senkaku Islands. But since Trump’s election, Xi has begun to look comparatively restrained, like the steadier player in US-China relatio...

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1 week ago UK drivers warned of new MOT rules that would follow European Union's lead

The Department for Transport has not ruled out following new safety rules being considered by the European Commission. Certain aspects of vehicles are set to face stricter examination

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2 w. ago Britain hasn’t agreed a trade deal with the US – it’s ended a hostage negotiation | Gaby Hinsliff

There will be relief for carmakers but not much else to celebrate: Trump’s whims still hang over the UK – and the world – economyHang out the bunting and let the church bells ring. A VE Day trade deal with Donald Trump is done, and in the car plants of the West Midlands as much as in the backrooms of No 10, there will be understandable relief that, for now at least, America’s phoney war on them is over.It’s true that the easing of arbitrary tariffs on cars, steel and aluminium that didn’t even exist until eight weeks ago falls far short of being an actual trade deal, not least because the president could rip it up again tomorrow if he felt like it. But the terms agreed between London and Washington could save thousands of jobs, which isn’t to be sniffed at, even if they’re jobs that need never have been at risk in the first place had Trump not suddenly chosen to threaten them. More surprisingly, Rachel Reeves seems to have managed to hang on to her digital services tax on (mostly US...

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2 w. ago Federal Reserve warns of inflation and jobs risks amid Trump’s erratic trade strategy

Central bank says ‘uncertainty has increased’ as it opts to maintain benchmark interest rate for third time in a rowThe Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold and called out growing dangers in the US economy amid Donald Trump’s erratic rollout of an aggressive trade strategy.Jerome Powell, the US central bank’s chair, cautioned that the president’s tariffs are likely to lift prices, weaken growth and increase unemployment if maintained. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Federal Reserve leaves key rate unchanged as it sees risk of higher prices and higher unemployment

The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Donald Trump’s demands to lower borrowing costs, and said that the risks of higher unemployment and higher inflation have risen

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2 w. ago JD Vance denies ‘wedge’ has been driven between US and Europe – despite his repeated jabs at America’s traditional allies

Vice president has regularly angered European leaders with his comments about immigration and free speech policy

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2 w. ago Trump set to rename Persian Gulf as the ‘Arabian Gulf’ in snub to Iran, officials say

Ahead of his visit to the Middle East next week, Trump is risking angering Tehran

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2 w. ago Americans’ health at risk as Trump cuts EPA staff to 1980s levels, experts warn

Advocacy groups say gutting EPA’s scientific research arm would turn it into a purely political agencyAmericans’ health is being put at risk after new cuts were announced by Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce staffing to 1980s levels and gut its scientific research arm, experts and advocacy groups warned.The EPA’s administrator, Lee Zeldin, announced on Friday that the agency would slash its budget by $300m in the fiscal year 2026 as part of a broad overhaul that he said was designed to cut it to levels resembling those in the Reagan administration. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Europe launches drive for scientists in swipe at Trump’s funding freeze

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: ‘We can all agree that science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party’

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2 w. ago Europe launches a drive to attract scientists and researchers after Trump freezes US funding

The European Union is launching a drive to attract scientists and researchers with offers of grants and new policy plans

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Three million shells coming from our allies, says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian attack over border largely destroys Russian electrical equipment plant; mayor reports drones headed for Moscow. What we know on day 1,167See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine hopes to receive 3m artillery shells from allies and partners in 2025 including 1.8m under a Czech-led programme, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in Prague on Sunday. “The Czech artillery initiative is working brilliantly,” the Ukrainian president said. Prague steers a European drive to supply artillery ammunition to Ukraine, financed largely by Nato allies. “Not only North Korea is capable of helping [Russia] in the war – we have allies who are helping Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said in comments reported by the Kyiv Independent.Zelenskyy added there would be a meeting on Monday with “Czech defence companies”, with details to be announced later. Discussions were under way for a Ukrainian-Czech pilot training school for F16 fighter jets, which could not be established in Ukraine “due to current security concerns”....

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